Abstract: College English major and non-English major students’ learning motivations are unstable, learning goals are unclear and English learning motivations are different. This paper will adopt the way of questionnaire and interview to investigate college English and non-English majors’ basic situations, point out the difference between their English learning motivations, and analyze the influence of different learning motivations in Second Language Acquisition. Then it will find out the highest motivation in college students’ learning motivation and look for good methods stimulating college students’ learning motivations for making the Second Language Acquisition obtains better effect.

Key words: second language acquisition; learning motivation; activation

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction1

2. Literature Review.2

  2.1 Definition of Motivation

  2.2 Classification of Motivation

3. College Students’ English Learning Motivation..3

3.1 Subjects

3.2 Instruments

3.3 Data collection

4. Data Analysis and Discussion .8

  4.1 Influences of Different Majors’ Motivations on Second Language Acquisition

  4.2 Strategies to Stimulate College Students’ English Learning Motivations

  4.2.1 Cultivating Emotion

  4.2.2 Arousing Interest

4.2.3Improving Learning Environment

5. Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgments